Working Together to Understand, Protect and Restore Vision
The McPherson Eye Research Institute is excited to announce our newest funding opportunity, the Grant Accelerator Program (GAP)! Supported by the Alice McPherson Endowment Fund for the Visual Sciences, the Van Vreede McPherson ERI Greatest Needs Fund, the Robert A. Brandt Macular Degeneration Fund, and additional donors to the McPherson ERI, the Grant Accelerator Program …
McPherson ERI member H. Adam Steinberg, who for many years has offered McPherson ERI members and trainees an annual workshop on effectively presenting and communicating science in posters and presentations, will co-teach an Illuminating Discovery Science Communication Course this fall. The course, which will be held in the Discovery Building and sponsored by WID, aims …
With funding from Cycle for Sight as well as from the David G. Walsh Research Fellowship Fund, two David G. Walsh Research Travel Awards will be awarded to support graduate students and/or postdoctoral researchers in Fall 2019. The application process is open to postdoctoral researchers and graduate students currently in training in any McPherson ERI …
The McPherson Eye Research Institute’s Research and Leadership Committees are pleased to announce that Michael Landowski, PhD, and Kazuya Oikawa, BVSc, are the 2019 recipients of the Kenzi Valentyn Vision Research Trainee Grants. Michael Landowski, PhD, is a postdoctoral researcher working with Professor Aki Ikeda’s lab group in the Department of Medical Genetics. He will pursue a project …
McPherson ERI/David G. Walsh Research Travel Awards provide funds for graduate students and postdocs from McPherson ERI members’ research groups to attend conferences to present vision-related work and to advance educational and professional development opportunities. The McPherson ERI Research Committee is pleased to announce two trainee award recipients from among spring semester 2019 applicants: Melissa Schoenlein, …
Applications are now available for the 2019 McPherson ERI vision research trainee grants, now renamed the Kenzi Valentyn Vision Research Trainee Grants. Kenzi Valentyn was a courageous and upbeat young woman whose long battle against Kearns-Sayre syndrome, a degenerative disease with symptoms including vision loss, ended with her passing at age 30 in March 2017. …
For the fourth year, the McPherson Eye Research Institute has allocated funds to support one Visiting Scholar invited to the UW–Madison campus by a McPherson ERI member. (McPherson ERI members from other institutions can also be invited to UW–Madison as Visiting Scholars.) Funds will be available to support the costs of travel and lodging (up to $2000). Past visiting scholars …
With funding from Cycle for Sight as well as from the David G. Walsh Research Fellowship Fund, two David G. Walsh Research Travel Awards will be awarded to support graduate students and/or postdoctoral researchers in spring 2019. The application process is open to postdoctoral researchers and graduate students currently in training in any McPherson ERI member research lab/program. Two $1,000 travel …
This fall semester, with funding from Cycle for Sight as well as from the David G. Walsh Research Fellowship Fund, two David G. Walsh Research Travel Awards will be awarded to support graduate students and/or postdoctoral researchers. The application process is open to postdoctoral researchers and graduate students currently in training in any McPherson ERI member research lab/program. Two $1,000 travel …
Applications for Spring 2018 David G. Walsh Research Travel Awards are due by March 7, 2018. Application requirements and the application form are linked within.